To give a cant edge to; to bevel; esp. to bevel off a corner.

transitive. To bevel or make slanting; to construct with a splay.

= chamfer, v. 2.

Naval Architecture. To bevel or chamfer away.

transitive. To cut away or otherwise bring to a slope; to reduce (a square edge) to a more obtuse angle; often with away, off, etc.

transitive. To grind (a tool) down to an edge; to cut to a sloping edge, to bevel.

To cut away or reduce (a square edge or arris) so as to replace it by a plane surface with two oblique angles; to bevel away, off.

= to chamfer, v.

Metal-working. To bevel or flatten (the ends or edges of the pieces of metal to be welded).

Mechanics. transitive. to wash off, to cut to a slope or bevel. to wash down (see quot. 1909).

To take off by splaying.